The Prince surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 44,640 people carried this name — #700 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,040 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,609 people named Prince.
82 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
211 people named Prince live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 56 people named Prince live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prince.
- Prieur 589 · U.S. census
- Prim 1,936 · U.S. census
- Prima 155 · U.S. census
- Primas 385 · U.S. census
- Prime 1,377 · U.S. census
- Prina 121 · U.S. census
- Prins 1,846 · U.S. census
- Printz 1,604 · U.S. census
- Prinz 1,544 · U.S. census
- Prioleau 1,445 · U.S. census
- Priolo 945 · U.S. census
- Prior 6,554 · U.S. census
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